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Malware is blocking Anti-Virus and is making Temp folder Read-Only?

InfiniteAttack

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May 30, 2015
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I believe malware as an .iso acted like a disc and used "AutoPlay" to run itself. Windows Defender and Malwarebytes scans will not start and my Temp folder is locked to read-only so no programs will install.